kadmind service on IPA server is failing with an error - kadmind: Cannot open DB2 database '/var/kerberos/krb5kdc/principal': No such file or directory while initializing, aborting
Issue
- Post IPA upgrade from RHEL 8.7 to RHEL 8.8,
kadmind
service on IPA server is failing with an error below:
krb5kdc[1234](Error): Cannot open DB2 database '/var/kerberos/krb5kdc/principal': No such file or directory - while initializing database for realm EXAMPLE.COM
- Red Hat IdM KDC won't restart due to missing principal post upgrade to RHEL 8.8:
krb5kdc[5678]: krb5kdc: cannot initialize realm EXAMPLE.COM
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Identity Management (IPA/IdM)
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